Vocabulary - Dimple
Dimple:
1. A small hollow place on your skin, especially one on your cheek or chin when you smile.
2. A small hollow place in a surface.
The pane of glass had a small dimple in it.
He has a dimple in his chin.
Dimpled cheeks.
Poem - When night is almost done By Emily Dickinson
When night is almost done:
When night is almost done,
And sunrise grows so near
That we can touch the spaces,
It’s time to smooth the hair
And get the dimples ready, 5
And wonder we could care
For that old faded midnight
That frightened but an hour.
When night is almost done,
And sunrise grows so near
That we can touch the spaces,
It’s time to smooth the hair
And get the dimples ready, 5
And wonder we could care
For that old faded midnight
That frightened but an hour.
Vocabulary - Dreamathon
Dreamathon:
The act of hitting the snooze button over and over again and having a different dream every time you fall asleep.
I set my snooze for every ten minutes so I can have plenty of dreams in my dreamathon.
Vocabulary - Plumed
Plumed:
Decorated with feathers.
A knight with a plumed helmet.
The dancers wore plumed headdresses.
Vocabulary - Procession
Procession:
A number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, esp. as part of a ceremony or festival, or the action of moving forward in such a way.
They marched in procession to the Capitol building.
The festival will open with a procession led by the mayor.
Vocabulary - Woe
Woe:
Great sorrow or distress.
Her face was lined and full of woe.
He told me a real tale of woe about his problems.
Persian: اندوه، غم، حزن، فلاکت، مصیبت
Vocabulary - Cavalry
Cavalry:
The part of an army that fights on horses.
Persian: سواره نظام
Poem - To fight aloud is very brave By Emily Dickinson
To fight aloud is very brave:
To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallanter, I know,
Who charge within the bosom,
The cavalry of woe.
Who win, and nations do not see, 5
Who fall, and none observe,
Whose dying eyes no country
Regards with patriot love.
We trust, in plumed procession,
For such the angels go, 10
Rank after rank, with even feet
And uniforms of snow.
Quotes - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin:
Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
Quotes - Michael D. Montaigne
Michael D. Montaigne:
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
Quotes - Aristotle
Aristotle:
Philosophy can make people sick.
Vocabulary - Almanac
Almanac:
An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables.
Persian: سالنامه، سالنما، تقویم نجومی
Vocabulary - Tick
Tick:
A very small animal like an insect that lives under the skin of other animals and sucks their blood.
Persian: کنه، ساس
Vocabulary - Peep
Peep:
To look quickly and furtively at something, esp. through a narrow opening.
I saw her peeping through the curtains.
The door was ajar and Helen peeped in.
Henry peeped through the window into the kitchen.
Persian: نگاه کردن، دید زدن، دزدکی نگریستن
Vocabulary - Portico
Portico:
A structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.
Persian: ایوان ستون دار
Poem - I know some lonely houses off the road By Emily Dickinson
I know some lonely houses off the road:
And windows hanging low,
Inviting to 5
A portico,
Where two could creep:
One hand the tools,
The other peep
To make sure all ’s asleep. 10
Old-fashioned eyes,
Not easy to surprise!
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Vocabulary - Poor Man's Limo
Poor Man's Limo:
Any public transportation where you are the only person getting a ride.
I rode the poor man's limo home today.
For the second time this month I got the poor man's limo to take me home.
Quotes - Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson:
Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.
Vocabulary - Green Thumb
Green Thumb:
A wonderful ability to garden and grow houseplants.
Heidi has a green thumb and can work wonders with plants.
Vocabulary - Behoove
Behoove:
To be necessary or proper for.
It behooves you at least to try.
Persian: لازم بودن، بایسته بودن، شایسته بودن
Vocabulary - Elegy
Elegy:
A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.
Persian: مرثیه، نوحه، سوگنامه
Vocabulary - Cow Juice
Cow Juice:
Milk.
Get some cow juice.
Persian: شیر
Vocabulary - Ann Curry'd
Ann Curry'd:
Fired without reason.
We got Ann Curry'd from our job, but its cool we got that unemployment doe!
Vocabulary - Tat
Tat:
Short form of tattoo.
You've got a nice tat there.
Poem - The soul selects her own society By Emily Dickinson with Analysis
The soul selects her own society:
The soul selects her own society,
Then shuts the door;
On her divine majority
Obtrude no more.
Unmoved, she notes the chariot’s pausing 5
At her low gate;
Unmoved, an emperor is kneeling
Upon her mat.
I’ve known her from an ample nation
Choose one; 10
Then close the valves of her attention
Like stone.
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Vocabulary - Ample
Ample:
More than enough; large in a way that is attractive or pleasant.
You’ll have ample time for questions later.
She found ample room for her things in the wardrobe.
An ample bosom.
Persian: فراخ، پهناور، وسیع
Vocabulary - Obtrude
Obtrude:
To make or become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.
A sound from the hall obtruded into his thoughts.
Quotes - Sergei Lukyanenko
Sergei Lukyanenko:
Love is happiness, but only when you believe it will last forever. Even though every time it turns out to be a lie, it's only faith that gives love its strength and its joy.
Vocabulary - Twirl
Twirl:
n,v: To turn around and around or make something do this.
Couples were twirling around the dance floor.
She twirled the liquid around in her glass.
She did a twirl in her new skirt.
Persian: چرخاندن، چرخیدن، دور زدن